Railway Industry

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today proposed new rules on "high-hazard" shipments of crude oil by trains, including a phase-out of older model tank cars that critics contend are unsafe. The department proposed that the older model tank cars, known as DOT-111s, should be phased out starting in two years unless they are retrofitted with stronger shells and other safety features. Foxx is also proposing new speed restrictions on so-called "unit trains" that carry more than 20 tank cars of crude oil, a risk assessment of railroad routes along which the trains travel, and higher standards for the classification and testing of Bakken crude oil. The new...

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today proposed new rules on "high-hazard" shipments of crude oil by trains, including a phase-out of older model tank cars that critics contend are unsafe.
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